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SERMON 

On  the  taking  of 

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Extraord/mry  Events  the  Doings  of  God ^    cvid 
marvellous  in  pious  Eyes. 

Illujlrated 

In  a 

SERMON 

At  the 

South  Church  in  Bojlon^  N.  E. 

On  the 

General  Thanksgiving, 

Thurfday,  "Jidy  i8.   1745. 

OccafionM 

By  taking  the  City  of  Loidjbourg  on  the  Ifle  of 
Capc-Brcton,  by  Ni'iv-Enghmd  Soldiers,  affifted 
by  a  Biittjh  Squadron. 


By  Thomas  Prince,  M.  A. 

And  one  of  the  Payors  of  faid  Church. 


Pfal.  xcviii.   1,2.  O  fmg  unto  the  Lord  a  new  Songyfor  He 

hath  done  marvellous  Thhigs  :   His  right  Hand^   and  his  holy 

Arm  hath  gotten Hi?n  theViilory^ :  T7;^LoR  d  hath  made  bmvn 

his  Salvation,  his  Rigbteoufnefs  hath  He  openly peived  in  the 

'  Sight  of  the  Heathen. 


BOSTON: 

Printed  for  D.  Henchman  in  Cornhil.     1745- 


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To  His  Excellency 

IVilliam   Shirley  ^    Efq ; 

Captain  General  and  Governour 
in  Chief  in  and  over  His  Ma- 
jesty's Province  of  the  Majfa- 
chufetts-Bay  in  New-Knglancf^ 
and  Vice  Admiral  of  the  fame  : 


P^  OUR    Excellency 


being,  ^^ader  the  Di- 


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mm  VINE  Conduct,  the 
principal  Former  iind 
Promoter  ok  thc^  prol- 
^Q^xowsExpedition  to  Cape-Breton ; 

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DEDICJriON. 

of  fuch  vaft  Importance  to  the 
Trade,  Wealth,  and  Powqr  of 
Great-Britain^  as  well  as  Safety  of 
Her  American  Colonies  j  and  fo 
much  to  the  Glory  wherewith  GOD 
has  crown'd  His  Majesty's  hap- 
py Reign : 

The  following  Sermon 

is,  in  Gratitude  and  Jiiftice, 
with  all  SubmifTion, 
Dedicated 

By 

Tour  Excel LENCY'i] 
Mofi  ohligt'd. 

Obedient 

Humble  Servant* 


Thomas  Prince. 


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Thanksgiving 
SERMON. 


PsAL.  cxviii.  23. 

Ti)is  is  the  LoRD'i-  Doing  !    It  is  mar- 
velous in  our  Ryes  ! 

'^•^•^^•J'^'vfJ'lJlTHOUT  any  Reference  to  the  prime 
^^W,3^'^  and  particular  View  of  the  Words  ;  I  fhall 


\\T  JSS.' *""■■■  ^''^'^•'vc  the  G^n(?r<7/ 7/7//^   repre- 

^^^W  ^^'^  feii^id  in  them,  and  then  apply   it   to  the 
•*er.t3f  ;«t  ^irtW  Special  Occnjion  of    the  joyous  Solemnity 


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of  the  prcfciit  Day, 


For,  the  General  Truth  exhibited  in  the  Text  is  this---thrit 
fome  extraordinary  Events,  without   being  properly   tcrm'd 

eiraculous,   have  fuch  lively  Charailcrs  of  their  being  the 
oings  of  God,  as  they  arc  evidently  fo  to  imprejudic'd  and 
careful  Obfervers,  and  appear  marvellous  in  their  pioii?  Eycst 

■  "  Ry 


8 


A  Thanksgiving-Sermon 


\\^  fame  extraordinary  Events^  I  mean  foine  remarkable 
Ones  in  the  natural  and  moral  World,  even  in  the  prefent 
Ages  as  well  as  the  former,  which  greatly  affe^l  humane  So- 
cieties or  p;irticularPcrfons,cfpecialIy  thePeople  of  God  ;  and 
ihcfe  Events  connc6tod  with  the  various  Means  and  Caufts 
leading  to  them. 

By  Events  not  properly  term\i  niiracu/ous  ;  I  mean,  when 
God  does  not  appear  to  work  on  his  Creatures  in  a  Manner 
contrary  to  the  ufuai  IVays  of  his  Working,  y?«^/y  in  themfelves 

conlidcr'd. 

And  by  their  having  fuch  lively  CharaSlers  of  their  being  the 
D/ingi  of  (jo  o,  as  they  are  evidently  fo  to  unprejudiced  and  care- 
ful Ohfervers ;  I  mean,  thefe  Characters  are  diftinguifhingly 
bright  and  legible  to  fuch  qualified  Pcrfons  :  Or  if  they  are 
inadvertent,  or  under  a  Prejudice  ;  they  are  not  like  to  fee 
them  to  be  the  Doings  of  God,  much  lefs  admire  them  in  a 
pious  Manner,  or  yield  him  the  Glory  of  them.  See  PfaL 
xcii.  4, — 6. 

But  to  clear  this  Truth,  we  mufl  confider  thefe  three 
General  Heads,  as  the  Tunc  allows-— 

1.  In   what  Manner  may  the   fovereign  God  be  faid  to 

operate  iifua/Iy  among  his  Creatures. 

2.  When  hive   hii  providential  Operations  {\xz]\  lively  Cha» 
radlcrs  of  their  being  his  Doings. 

3.  The  pious  /Idmirations  they  fliould  raife  up  in  us,  and 
which  they  happily  raife  if  we  arc  duly  difpofed. 


I.  In  what  Manner  may  the  fovereign  God  be  faid  tO 
operate  ufually  among  his  Creatures. 

And  here  we  muft  needs  obferve  ;  that  as  there  are  thru 
Sorts  of  Creatures  or  created  Subftances,  viz.  Corporeal,  Sp'y 
ritualy  and  Compos'd  of  Both  ;  fo  there  is  a  different  Sort  of 
Operation  of  God  upon  and  am(>ng  them. 


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J.  In  his  Operation  on  tncerly  corporeal  or  7n<itertal  Suhjloiice^ 
---He  not  only  by  his  continual  Influence,  prcftrvcs  them  in 
their  Ji'.'ing,  Nature  or  ciU-ntial  Propciticsof  Solidity^  lix- 
tcnfion,  tifc.  wliieii  he  has  been  plcas'd  to  give  them  ;  but  to 
thi^;  Influence  he  alfo  fecrns  to  add  liis  lurther  2/fitaI  Opcratiun 
in  thcfc  thtre  different  Manner?,  z'iz. 

(i)  In  continually  caufing  all  material  Siibfl:Mices  to  inc/Ine 
towards  each  other,  in  regular  Proportions  to  their  Quantities 
and  Diftances  :  Which  is  commonly  called  the  Law  or  Power 
of  Jtirai'lion  or  Gravit\'. 

(2)  "When  they  come  to  a  certain  Nearnefs,  he  by  a  con- 
trary Operation  moves  tlicm,  in  regular  Proportions  alfo,  to 
fy  off :  Which  is  commonly  called  the  Law  or  Power  of  7?t-- 
pnljion  \  without  which  all  material  Subftanccs  on  Larth 
wou'd  foon  unite  in  one  fulid  Body. 

(3)  When  (hey  arc  forced  within  a  certain  Nearnefs,  lic 
by  a  difl-'erent  Operation  makes  them  Diroc  and_y:/«  tcc!,e(l;cr 
in  certain  Degrees  of  Power  :  Which  is  commonly  called  the 
Law  or  Power  of  Cohcrfion  \  without  which  there  would  be 
no  fuch  Thing  as  Union  or  CJohx-rencc  in  material  Sublti.nc(^, 

And  thefc  are  called  the  three  prime  and  p:cntral  J>-iWS  of 
Nature  in  the  material  World  ;  whereby  he  chiefly  appear', 
to  govern  it.  iijt  yet  it  is  mo!t  evident,  that  be  coiifincs  Pf  t 
himfelf  to  thcj'e  :  For  he  plainly  operates  in  divtrfc  otiu  r 
A/Ianners  on  the  Planets,  Co?;ict5,  Rays  rf  Light  ;  as  alfo  in  the 
Cafes  of  f.lcrlricilv^  Ma^nctifm.  Cold,  HeaU  -^V.  Wliieh  arc 
fo  many  various  W^ays  of  bis  Operation,  needful  \i^-v  \.\x: 
Schemes  of  Providence  and  the  Bldling  ;uKi  Ciiafii/liyi  cu^  ili.- 
World. 


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And  in  the  different  Proportions  of  all  tlie  vr.rioiis  Powf rs 
and  A6^ions  abovementioned,  there  is  no  doubt  ?,m::.'.i^'.;^lfii- 
dvn  J  which  I  leave  the  Learned,  of  Lelfure,  to  coiuidcr. 

To  which  we  muft  likewife  add,  that  k<x  the  pcrfecl  Go- 
vernment of  all  Thin<7,s  here  below,  in  a  due  Accommodation 
between  the  ;/?,7/<77V// and  the  7;.'jr<7/ WoiIJ,  for  tiic  latter  of 
which  the  former  is  made,  j)referv\!  and   novcra'd  ;--Tt    is 

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lo  yi  Thanksgiving  Sermon 

tloubtlefs  neetirui,  tlut  the  nbfoliitely  fovereign,  wile  aiul  om- 
iiiprefeiU  Lord,  rroprictor,  and  Ruler  of  ;;1),  flioukl  refcive 
to  hinifelf  the  jail  Liberty,  either  incdiately  by  brutal 
Animals,  Men  ct  Angels  ;  or  where  their  Powers  are  in- 
fufficicnt  to  anl\vcr  his  wifeDcligns,  by  h\s  imrfirk/iatc  Influence 
(which  tho'  unlccn  by  Men  may  be  feen  by  Angels)  to  move 
and  order  all  matciial  Subltances  this  v.'ay  or  the  other,  as  He 
fees  belt. 

And  it  feems  abfurd  to   fuppofe,   that  the  infinite  God, 
who  is  abfolute  and  ail-original  Life  and  Power,  ftiould  cor.- 
llantly  afford    ^o  Jrj^cls  and  A<!i-rj,  yea  to  the   moft  minute 
Jninmlcuky  the  Power  of  moving  material  Subflances  even 
contrary  to  the  abovementioned  Laws  of  Nature  every   Mo- 
ment ;    yea  that  he  (hould  be  continually  making  Alillions  of 
Animals  with  fuch  a  Power  as  this  ;  and  yet  confine  himfelf 
trom  doing  as  much  as  they,,  by  his  Immcdidti:  Power.     Thus 
lor  Inltance,  he  now  afFords  me  by  a  finglc  lircaththe  Power 
of  moving  Millions  of  Atoms  upwards  againit   the  Laws  (f 
Gravity  :  And  cm  we  imagine  that  this  great  and   univer(al 
AcENT    has  confinM   himfelf  from  doing  as  much  upon  all 
Occafions,  by  his  mmaliatc  tho'  J'ccrct  Influence  ?  Or  even 
infinitely   more  than   this  :  As  in   raifing,  turning,  allaying 
W'inds  and  Seas,  and  numbcrlcfs  other  Operations,  where  o- 
ther  Powers  infciiour  to  his  arc   infufficient  to  compafs  hit. 
D;.'ligns. 

So,  in  Scripture^  the  vafl  Varieties  of  W^nds  and  Seas,  of 
Clouds  and  Vapours,  Snow,  Fire  and  Rain,  Cold  and  Heat, 
and  other  material  Subffances,  arc  rcprefented  as  continually 
dircdlcd  b}  him,  to  fulfill  hisPkafurc.  SQcJob  xxxvi,  xxxvii, 
xx.Nviii.  Fjci!/u  Ixv,  cxlvii,  cxlviii,  ^\, 

Nor  may  this  be  accounted  pnpetly  miraculous-— Y or  'twould 
be  ftrange  indeed  that  the  huge  Leviathan  (hould  by  a  Power 
derived  from  Him,  thtow  up  a  Cloud  of  Water  into  the 
Air  ;  or  even  the  moft  minute  /Inimaiculum,  by  the  Pad  of 
a  Fin,  in  a  Moment  raife  up  IVlillions  of  watery  Particles 
againft  the  Laws  of  Gravity,  without  a  Miracle  :  And  yet 
for  the  great  God  to  raife  up  a  lingle  Atom  by  his  imme- 
diate Power,  (hould  be  cftccmcd  a  Miracle.  And  as  long 
as  thcfc  are  the  ufua!^  tho'  the  immtdiau  Operations  of G on  ; 

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tbey  are  no  more  miraculous,  than  his  Imnudlaie  Imprcfllon  c-f 
Gravity  on  material  Subftances,  or  on  any  primary  Sublhnce 
whereby  the  Inipicflion  may  be  made  on  others, 

2.  In  his  Operation  on  Subfl:ance.s/;7/rc''/v_//>/nV7M/-"He  not 
only  by  his  continual  influence  prefervcs  them  in  their  diltin- 
guifllino;  Exiftencc,  Nature  or  eflential  Properties  of  Life, 
and  Powers  of  Perceiving,  Thinking,  voluntary  Auction,  $zc. 
f  L'  has  been  pleas'd  to  give  them  ;  but  to  thisInfluenceHe  alfo 
fcems  to  add  his  further  ufual  Operations  in  thefe  three  Ways. 

(i)  ^y  producing  and  continuing  fecret,  inward  Bents  cv 
Difpofitions  in  them  ;  as  the  holy  Bents  of  holy  Angels,  and 
holy  Souls  departed,   is\'. 

(2)  ^y  rniftng  and  continuing /t/^^?;  in  their  Imagination:?, 
Memories  and  Underftandings  ;  as  alfo  imprefling  them  with 
variousPerceptions  of  Delight  or  Trouble  :  Whereby  he  chiefly 
feems  to  rule  the  moral  World.  So  he  continually  gives  the 
Millions  of  holy  Angels  his  Dirc«Slions  :  And  they  iirc  con- 
ftantly  attending  to  him,  and  in  every  Part  of  the  Univeife 
accomplifliing  his  Orders.  And  (b  he  mikes  tlic  holy  An- 
gels happy  with  Perceptions  of  pure  Delight;  and  the  ilnful 
Anscls  wretched  with  Perceptions  ot  Anxietv. 

(3)  By  aivakening,  Jharpimng,  Jfrci^thening^  guiding  their 
intelleS/udl  Powrn,  to  conceive  and  penetrate  ;  compare, 
diftinguifh  and  judge  of  Things,  and  contrive  and  form  their 
Schemes  ;  and  by  exciting  theirPurfuits  :  When  bv  hcfccrctly 
and  wonderfully  governs  in  the  miiHt  of  numbcrlels  Contin- 
gencies among  the  Creatures. 

And  then, 
3.  With  Refpccl:  to  Creatures  Comp;i\l  of  Subfl.mccs  both 
Corporeal  and  Spiritual,  as  b  utnl  Animals  and  Alen  ;  hi-;  Ope- 
rations on  them  may  be  of  all  the  various  Kind^  tci;ethcr, 
according  to  their  fcveral  Natures  and  Capacities,  we  have  in 
brief  defcribcd  ;  bclides  uniting  them,  keeping  them  uuittJ, 
^nd  fome  peculiar  Imprcfllons  of /'Ay7/i<?v,  Pah,  ^c.  fuitabk* 
to  their  myltcriou'^  fV^v.  , 


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An.l 


12 


A  Thanksgiving  Sermon 


And  it  fecms  highly  reafonaWe  to  think,  that  where  the 
powers. of  inferiour  Creatures  fufHce  not  to  accomphlh  iiis 
Defigns,  He  employs  the  higher,  or  both  top,:t!  cr  :  And 
wliere  they  are  all  infuflicicnt,  H^;  purs  forth  hi:.  1  .'wcr  ahovs 
them  ;  makes  them  inftrumcniai  as  far  as  m^iy  be,  and  then 
acls  by  his  own  fuperiour  Influence. 

As  to  brutal  j1ninials-  —  xhcy  no  doubt  rece  -r*  'heir  various 
JnjVinds  from  him:  And  he  may  by  Angch  o  ie:i  give  them 
Idxas  and  rule  them. 

And  as  to  MeH---He  no  doubt  infpires  their  various  Cf- 
?:!!/j}s :  As  alfo  frequently,  if  not  continually,  ufes  Jugels,  the 
Evil  hy  Permiffion,  the  Holy  by  Command,  to  fuggcli  Jdiias 
to  them  i  and  then  ufts  them  to  fuggeft  Idaeas  to  one  another  ; 
^V]^ich  are  inftrumental  Caufes  under  liis  permiHive,  con- 
trolling and  direclivc  Influence,  of  numberlefs  Paflions,  Ap- 
petites, Confultations,  Projtfts,  Rcfolulions,  AtSlions  and 
pLvents.  He  awakens,  lliarpens,  ftrengthens,  guides  the  in- 
telleclual  Powers  of  Alcn  :  And  where  the  Powers  of  Jugels 
arc  infuflicient  to  give  compleatldxMs  to  perform  hisSchcmes  ; 
He  may  fecre/ly  by  his  //w/W/^/<rOpcration, utterly  unknown  to 
Men,  fuggeft  innumerab'e  /^Aeas  in  them  ;  and  therewith  in- 
fufe  his  exciting  Influence  of  Zeal,  Activity,  Courage  and  Re- 
folution  to  fulfill  his  Councils. 


1' 


Nor  may  the  unknown  SuggejUons  of  gocd  Jiigels  be  ac- 
counted proper  /•ij'piraticns ;  any  more  than  tiic  Suggeftions  of 
iiatan  when  he  raifcs  up  in  our  Minds  Idxas  of  Scripture?, 
as  he  did  in  the  humane  Mind  of  Christ  :  Or  when  cnc 
Man  by  Signs  fuggells  Id.t.is  to  others,  :uid  ixcites  their 
Courage.  Nor  are  the  Ida.di  and  Excitations  rertivM  from 
Goji,  either  mediately  by  Men  or  Angels,  or  immrdiateh  by 
H'\m(tU,  proper  Injpiration^  :  Any  more  than  his  infilling  Mil- 
lions of  Spirits  every  Moment  into  new  Serds  or  Kmbrios  of 
Animals,  making  thcni  ahve  and  ai.4ive  ;  or  inluiing  into 
them  various  Inftir.cis  or  (jeniufes  i  or  impicilii/g  tiicni  with 
Pleafurcs,  Pains,  diV. 

For,  by  hifpiration  T  mean  the  certai>i  RiVtuiticn  he  h.is  been 
pleas'd  to  give  ol  Ilim/elfk  o[  his/////,  c^  olThinps  paff  and 
to  come,  hy  Cuiu:  r   and  hi;j  Prcphtis  and  Ape  llltb  of  old, 

put 


>., 


i 


ftr  the  taking  ^/'Cape-Breton. 


13 


v.. 


put  into  the  Bible  and  confirm'd  by  Miracles,  as  a  definitive 
Rule  of  Faith,  Worfhip,  moral  and  religious  Conduct.  Every 
Kind  of  Id.-^a  and  Excitation  or  Propcnjion  in  us,  whether  anling 
meerly  from  our  own  Minds, or  from  evil  or  good  Men  andMi- 
nifters,  or  from  evil  or  goodAngels,  or  even  immediately  from 
God  himfclf,  are  therefore  all  to  be  brought  to  this  only  in- 
fpircd  Rule,  and  tried  thereby  ;  for  which  End  it  was  infpircd 
and  confirmed.  And  the  true  Origin  of  our  Ida?.is  and  Ex- 
citations is  kept  coiicealt'd  from  us,  (without  any  internal  Cri- 
terion to  judge  from  whence  they  come,  as  the  Fropbct.^ 
had  of  Old)  th-Ath'^  this  ^nown  divine  Rule  we  might  forever 
try  them.  In  whichTrial,wc  are  carefully  toufcour  intclle£tual 
Poweii  :  And  being  aware  that  in  the  midft  of  all  we 
need  the  Help  of  GoD,  both  in  underftanding  the  Rule  and 
in  the  Application  ofit;  to  Him  we  muft  humbly  and  ever 
repair  in  Christ  and  feek  for  Guidance. 

For  llluflratlon--!  miglit  cafily  bring  a  Multitude  of  Scrip- 
tures j  l-/ut  fheTime  would  fail  nie.  I  fhall  only  c'ltetoDcut. 
xxxil.  I  Sa?n.  ii.  2  Sam.  xxii.  i  Chron.  xxix.  yob  v.  xii. 
xxxii---xxxv.  Pfal.  xxxiv.  xlvii.  ciii.  civ.  cvii.  and  cxiii.  Ifai, 
xxviii  and  xliv.  Dan,  ii  and  iv.  ^oel  i.  and  ii.  A-Jat.  x,  29, 
30.   y^c7j   xvii.  24,-28. 

In  fhort,  all  Nature,  both  inanimate  and  animate,  both 
Inimane  and  angelical,  is  full  of  Ciod  ;  full  of  his  perpetual 
moving,  guiding  and  over-rulinglnfluence  ;  and  as  thcApoftle 
perfectly  exprcHcs  it,  Elph.  i.  1 1 .  IF  ho  worketb  all  Things  ac- 
cording to  the  C:ti72cii  of  his  oivn  IVill. 

But  then  1  may  not  omit  to  ohfcrvc,  tliat  agreeable  to 
Scripture- Revelation y  THE  ETERNAL  WoRu  or  Son  of 
God,  who  with  the  eternal  Father  and  .Spirit  created 
all  Things  ;  in  a  perfedt  Union  with  thofe  divine  Pcifons, 
He  alfo  upholils  and  rules  theWoild  from  the  Time  he  rir^dc  it: 
Bat  from  the  />///,  He  rules  it  alfo  in  the  fnccial  I'orni  of  a 
Mediator:  And  upon  the  F^xaltation  of  hii  humane  Na- 
ture to  Heaven,  it  is  advanced  to  a  wondrous  i\uticip:ition 
with  his  DIVINE  Pprson,  in  his  fuprcme  Dignify,  tran- 
fccndent  Cilory,  and  univcrf;il  Empire.  .So  yd>n  ;.  Eft),  j. 
C'A,  i.  //<■/'..  i.  ^'c, 

And 


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A  Thanksgiving  Sermon 


\ 


And  thus  have  we  fliewn  in  wliat  Manner  may  the  fo\> 
reign  God   be  faid  to  operate  vfually  ^\Xiov\g  his  Creatures. 


We  now  come  more  briefly  to  confidcr, 
II.  When  have  his  providential  Operations  fuch  lively  Cha- 
jadlers  of  their  being /;/i  Z)<9/Vs  as  they  arc  evidently  fo  to 
unprejudiced  and  careful  Obfervers. 

Even  the  common  Operations  in  the  mecrly  ?nfiierial\\'or\(ij 
the  more  we  fearch  them,  the  more  they  apporir  t(-  b?  the 
Doings  of  God.  But  tlicrc  is  fuch  a  natural  Athcifm, 
Blindnefii,  and  Prejudice  in  u  ,  as  v.'c  are  avtrfc  to  fc-e  it, 
and  prone  to  afcribe  them  to  Nature  only,  or  any  thn.g  clfe 
than  his  ever  a£ling  Influence.  A  terrible  Storm  of  Thunder 
and  Lightning,  or  a  more  fearful  Eariliquakc,  or  fome  ex- 
traordinary Danger  or  other,  feems  nctdlul  to  bring  us  to  fee 
his  Operations  in  Nature. 

And  fo  it  is  likcwife  in  his  fyiixt  Operation^  of  Providenee. 
When  there  is  only  a  Circle  of  common  Occurrences,  we 
are  apt  to  imagine  there  is  only  a  Courfe  of  Nature,  blended 
with  tlie  common  Powers,  Arts,  Contrivances  and  Adions 
of  Men  ;  and  the  Doings  of  God  appear  not  in  them.  We 
have  therefore  need  of  fome  extraordinary  Work  of  God  in 
Providence,  to  awaken  our  Minds  and  more  evidently  fhow 
his  Doings.  And  this  he  graciouily  condtfccnds  to  give  us 
in  the  folkimng  Cafes. 

I.  When  in  /Iffairs  ofvafi  Importance,  there  is  a  wonder- 
ful continued  I'yain  and  timely  Coincidence  of  innuniirable  J'a- 
rieties  of  Means,  both  in  the  rnaterial  and  moral  World  toge- 
ther, without  our  Power  and  beyond  our  Profpcifi,  all  confpi- 
ring  to  fome  great  Event,  exceeding  /.appy  in  its  prefent  In" 
Hucucc  and  future  Tendency. 

For  tho'  in  fuch  extraordinary   Woiks   of  (jod  as   thefc, 

the  fiveral  Parts  confider'd /•V-^/j,  arc  his  ////W  Operations 
and  don't  i\(i\6l  with  Wonder,  or  ftrike  our  Mmds  with  fo 
clear  and  llrong  an  Evidence  of  their  being  his  Doings  :  Yet 
to  fee  them  all  lo  perfectly  ailjulled,  as  to  make  up  (J//e,  Pjeat^ 
vife^  curious  and  con fijlcnt  i)\'.>if/iej  to  accumpliUi  an  Eirnt  of 

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for  the  fnh'?!g  of  Ci\^.C'Bi-cton.  15 

7'<7/?  Impjrtancc  ;-"This  yields  fufficient  Evidence  of  wife 
DcfijJ^n  and  fuperiour  Management  in  Him,  who  has  all  the 
Powers  of  Nature,  Mqw  and  Angels  in  his  Hands,  and  over- 
lulss  them  all  to  tulfill  his  Purpufes. 

2.  This  yet  appears  with  a  ftronger  Evidence,  and  even 
ft  ill  more  wonderous ;  when  among  a  great  Number  of  fur- 
prizing  and  important  Incidents,  there  are  many  fo  momentous 
and  critical^  that  if  any  one  had  not  fallen  precifely  in  its 
fpecial  Place  and  Junfture,  there  wou'd  have  been  exceeding 
jireat  Jmharrafsments  and  Hindrances  ;  and  many  others  fo 
ejjential,  that  if  all  and  every  one  had  not  come  in  exa6lly  as 
they  did  ;  the  great  Event  had  fail'd,  and  the  main  Scheme; 
with  all  its  vaft  and  curious  Apparatus  totally  mifcarricd. 

3.  When  in  exceeding  difficult,  perplex' d  and  dangerous  Cnfei 
which  look  almoft  defpcrate,  and  much  more  which  ktn\  in 
a  Manner  A//,  there  opens  at  once  a  great  Delivcra)::e,  beyond 
our  Power  and  Thought :  And  much  more  (till,  when  the 
I)i  liverance  opens  with  Succefs,  and  the  very  Means  of  our 
Diftrefs  and  Danger  arc  made  fubfervicnt  to  our  Profpcrity 
and  Safety. 

4.  and  hftly,  When  in  lliis  CoiijundLire,  tl'.e  fuvcrcign 
Gon  is  more  than  ulu:iily  acknowledged  ;  looked  to  and 
tru{tcd  in  i  an  extraordinary  iipirit  of  Prayer  h  raifed  up  in 
many  ;  and  all  thefe  furprizing  Incidents  and  Mc-rins,  v/ithall 
our  wonderful  Salvations,  Succefs  and  Happinefs,  come  on  in 
punctual  Anfwcrs  10  many  fniert  and  f'ducial  .'Iddielfc,  to 
Mim. 

I  might  mention  O/Z'^v  Cafe;;  and  illuflrato  "^1  htji  ;  nut  tl.c 
Hour  would  fail  me.  And  to  make  the  larger  Vlcjm  for  the 
Application,  wc  muft  be  alfo  fhort  on  oi;: 

III  Cicneral  Head  ;  which  I^  to  rcprefcnt  ll.e  p'yt-  /JJf!.,ra- 
tion  wliich  thffe  extraordinary   Appcarancci  and    \\'ork'i  of 
(fOD   (hould  raiic  up  in   u.-,  ar..l   wliich  dicv  huppily  raife  il 
we  are  dulv  difnofed, 

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6 


Jl  Thanksgiving  Sermon 


Admit iii't'n  is  one  of  the  fublimcft  Anions  of  a  created  Spi- 
rit. It.  is  the  rifing  up  of  the  Mind  in  a  rcfpedtful  View  o4 
Something  it  fees  and  owns  to  be  fiiptriour  to  it.  And  when 
it  rifcs  to  die  reverent  View  of  Gou,  it  rifts  to  ihe  higheft 
and  moll:  worthy  (^bjcd,  and  p.iys  him  fonie  of  the  Honour 
in  the  higheft  Meafure  eternally  due  to  his  tranfccndent  Ex- 
tellcncies  and  Opcrationr, 

And  as  this  allwife  Creator  has  made  wj  capable  of 
tliis  noble  AcUcn,  and  in  our  very  Make  infufed  a  Difpofition 
to  it  or.  extraordinary  Appearances  ;  he  therefore  frequently 
does  extraordinary  Things  in  Providence,  to  awake  our  At- 
tention and  txcite  oui  Wonder  ;  to  give  us  more  open  Dif- 
plays  of  iiis  fupream  VVifdom,  Power  and  Government,  and 
raife  our  due  and  reverent  Admirations  of  him. 


4 


In  the  I'MVcuIv  II arid;  from  the  incxhauftible  Source  of  his 
iiiiiaite  Perfei'Aions,  no  doubt  there  now  are  and  will  be  eter« 
nally  furpri/in;j;  Difplays  of  his  Glories,  to  the  perpetual  and 
entertaining  Wonder  of  the  happy  Inhabitants.  But  as  iti 
thefe  lower  Regions  wc  frequently  need  them,  he  frequently 
gives  them  :  And  if  wc  were  as  obfervant  as  Ellphaz^  we 
(hould  find  abundant  Caufc  to  cry  out  in  Admiration  of  Gou 
as  He,  Job  v.  9.  IF  bo  does  great  Things  and  unfcanhalle  y 
marvellous  Things  without  Number, 

But  wlicn  tiic  fovcrcign  (tod  is  pleas'd,  in  dijlingui/lnng 
Favour  to  u?,  to  go  out  of  his  common  Courfe,  and  fliow  :t 
va(l  Contrivance,  and  over- rule  a  Multitude  of  all  Kinds  ol 
Caufts,  miking  them  confpire  to  Wmit  great  and  happy  Evenly 
or  do  fonicthinii  e.\iiairdinarv  tor  cur  Salvation  and  vaft  Ad- 
vantage  i---'f  hen  he  more  highly  obliges  11  i,  and  rn(^re  loudly 
calls  us  to  coniidcr  his  wondrotis  Works  ;  to  fee  Him,  i.  c. 
his  fuperiour  Hand  and  Excellencies  in  them,  and  pay  our 
due  and  diltm^uiHiing  Admir.uions  to  him. 

Tl.en  we  fliould  carefully  lay  afide  every  Prejudiee  :  And 
our  obliged  Souls  fhould  open  to  every  Beam  of  Light  and 
Evidence  of  the  Operation  and  Care  of  God  in  all  the  Parts 
ot  tiie  Providence,  and  forming  them  all  into  an  admirable 
Syfteni.  Wc  ihould  enlirge  our  V^icws  to  fee  the  vajl  Im- 
portasec  of  hi    wondrouo  "^Vurk,  i'dh  to  Ourfclvcs  and  Others, 

in 


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for  the  taldng  o/'Capc-Brctoii. 


7 


ft. 


in  aH  its  Branches  :  And  attentively  mind  thi  varlcus  ^py'irgs 
and  Incidents  in  the  Run  of  the  Whole,  and  how  tiity  .ill  fui- 
pri/Zingly  conrph-e  to  ;i  pro^'psrous  Ifl'ue.  Nor  yet-- -content 
With  tlic  bne  viewing  of  thcfe  ;  hut  our  frr^tcful  Minds 
flv)uld  fee  the  ll'ifdoni^  Power^  "Jufjicc^  Ihlinefs,  Truth  and 
Goodui'fs  of  God  illultiious  in  them  ;  and  then  confulcr  iiovv 
He  Ih  )':ld  thus  be  working  for  Us^  while  we  were  unwctrthy 
of  the  IcaO  of  his  Alercies.  L.dtly  in  our  admiring  Views  of 
th'j  whole  Work  of  God,  our  Souls  fhould  rife  into  the  hi<?h- 
eft  reverent  Aihtiiratirui  ol  Him  ;  and  then  brake  out  in  moft 
thankful  Praife,  as  the  pious  Ffalmift--- //  /;  the  Lord'j  Do- 
ing !   It  is  marvclhus  in  our  Eyes  f 

And  as  all  this  is  clearly  moff  due  to  C3OD  on  fucli  Appear- 
ances,  it  is  the  lively  Beni  and  Prautice  of  unfeigned  Pitty. 

Bu^  we  muft  haftcn  on   to   apply    thefe  Things,  in  Pur- 
fuance  of  our  firft  Ddign,  to  the  ^r^'<3/  and  extraordinaryOcca- 
Jion  of  this   luppy  Solemnity. 

For,  the  fovcreign  God,  who  ruleth  bv  liis  Power  for 
ever,  and  does  what  lie  ph/afcs  among  the  Sons  of  Men,  has 
by  a  furprizing  Courfe  of  Providence  led  us  into  a  mofi  ad- 
venturous Enterprize  againft  the  French  Settlements  at  Cape 
L'retofiy  and  their  txceedinfr  firong  City  of  LouiJIia/jfr,  for 
warlike  Pi.wer  the  I'ridc  and  'l\rror  of  thefe  noriliern  Seas  ^ 
and  by  a  vvjn.lerous  Series  and  happy  Coincidence  of  vaiious 
MeaJis,  dclivei'd  ther)i  in:o  our  hhuids.  And  this,  in  a  moft 
fignalManncr,  is  The  LoiiD'sDoirig  in  ih^t  prcjcnt  Da\  \  and  i., 
truly  ;;;rt>'w/75//i  in  every /)/>//?,  yea,  J  may  fay,  in  every  r.-^^ 
prejudiced  and   conjiderate  Eye. 

And   here,  I  fhall  endeavour   thefe   tivo  Things,  i^s  tlie 
Seafon  allows 

1.  In  biicf  lay  open  to  view  the  "vq/}  hnportmue  of  (he 
Place  ■  that  we  may  m(>re  cle  irly  iec;  the  iireatuefs  cf 
the  AJercy  in  giving  it  to  us  :  And  then 

2.  Look  into  tlie  ivonderous  Semes  of  Providcncf^  and  fee 
fonie  of  the  various  and  furprizini';  Hirpi  that  led  to  the 
h'ippv  A-^jui/ittctu 

C  I.  Ir, 


i 


i8 


A  Thanksgiving  S£kMON 


I.  Ill  brief  lay  open  to  view  A^c  vajl  Lnpn tmite  q^  tic 
Place  ;  that  wc  may  more  clear!)'  ftc  the  GrctitrieJ's  of  the 
Alcrcy  in  giving  it  lo  us. 

The  jpand  bcloiio'd  originally  to  the  Biitijh  Empire  : 
Was  at  Hr(t  compriz,'cJ  in  the  ^^eiitral  Name  and  <^rand  Tatent 
o\  Neiv- Euglcmd  in  1620  ;  but  m  the  (ollowin:!;  Year  fet 
<'ir  anJ  incliultd  'w\  Nova  Scotia  by  a  re[)a)atc  Pattnt  j  and 
lincc,  in  N'ovn  Scot/a  comprehended  in  the  Royal  Charter  of 
the  A'lajjctchufetts  Frovincc  in  1691. 

It  abounds  in  the  belt  of  Pit  Coal  known  in  America  :  And 
li)  near  the  Surface  ol  the  Earth  and  Cuafl  of  the  Sea,    as  to 
be  very  eafily    dug  and   put  in   Veflels.      Vca,    from  1703, 
Lahonta)i  liad    told  us  of  the  FrenJ)  Ships  loading   with  and 
carr)  in?;  the  fame  to  Gaudalupc  and   Martineco,  for  the  rcfin- 
inp;  of  Sugars,  to  their  threat  Advantage.     And  its  ammodioni 
Harboun  ;   with    its   L'appy    Situation   in    the   Centre  of  our 
I'lfher) ,  at  the  Entrance  of  the  Bay  and    River   of  Canada. 
and  in  the  Wake  of  all  the  Trade  fruui  Ewopc  to  the  Britijh 
Colonies  on  the  Alain   Land  o\'  Jmcrica^  and    both  from   ihc?r. 
and  our  IFe/l  India  Ijlunds  to  Europe  ;   rendered   the  Place  of 
ilich  va(tlinportancc---that  1  remember  while  in j£"»7^/f;w^, when 
we  came  to  know  the  'J^ory  Miniitry   had  by   the   Treaty  of 
if /;a7;/ in  17  13,    relign'd   it   to  the  French  \  all  true-hearted 
Britons  who  knew  the  Circumlhmce  of  the  I/land^  melt  grie- 
voiilly  lamented  the  Rchgnation,  as  full  of  teeming  Mifchief 
to  the  Britijh  'Erade,  Wealth   and  Power,  and  as  one  of   the 
molt  fatal  A6ls  of  that  unhappy   Miniitry. 

And  the  7)iifchievDus  Confcquencc  has  Imce  every  Year  been  a 
growing  Confirmation  of  their  judicious  Profpeits.  Ewr  the 
French  well  knowing  tlie  vait  Advantage  of  their  Acquiiitien, 
have  built  a  ivalled  City  on  the  moft  convenit  nt  Pott  both  for 

Trade  and  EortiHcation  ; for  thefc  F hirty  Tears  been  ad- 

(hng  to  its  natural  and  artificial  Stiengtii  ;  and  by  immenfe 
Sums  and  the  utniott  Art  and  Diligence,  made  it  one  of  the 
ltronge(t  Fortre//es  in  America  if  not  in  Europe  :  Such  as  was 
not  like  t(^  be  taken  without  a  very  powerful,  fkillful  and  re- 
iolutc  Army  both  by  Sea  and  Land,  or  being  ftarved  to  a 
Surrender.  In  (liort,  it  was  the  Dunkirk  of  North  America-^ 
imd  in  funic  Rtfpedb  of  [greater  Impc-rtantc, 

For, 


4 


1 

it 


jor  ibc  taking  /^' Cape -Breton. 


59 


to 


For,  by  Means  of  this  Ijlavl  ?ir\A  Fcrlificai'r^n^  the  French 
h.wc  eveiy  Year  cMilaigcd  tltcir  Fijhery  j  anJ  thereby  iheir 
Trade,  ff^'ccilth  nnd  Shippifig  :  And  by  Fifliing  cheaper  than 
wc,  they  have  more  and  more  commanded  the  'Frado  of 
Spain,  Portugal  and  Italy  ;  drawn  away  their  Gold  and  Sil- 
ver ;  and  great'y  diminilh'd  our  Trade  and  Fifhery,  a  pria- 
cip:il  Source  both  of  the  Britijh  Wealth  and  iidval  Power. 

So  j>ernlci()u=  a  Settlement  was  this--- that  for  aliove  thefe 
Tuenty  Vears,  it  has  fecm'd  to  me,  'twere  worth  the  while 
to  en^rage  in  a  H'ar  \V)th  Fra>ice,  if  'twere  for  nothing  elfe 
but  to  recover  this  moft  import.int  Jjhfid  to  the  Britij'b  Em- 
pire. Tho'  a  War  was  dreadful,  the  NeccfHty  and  H.rzard 
fcem*d  every  Year  to  encrcafe  :  The  longer  'twas  deferr'd, 
the  more  powerful  and  dangerou?  they  grew,  and  the  lefs  our 
Hope  of  their  being  ever  reduced. 

Yoa,  from  the  Confideration  of  fuch  2.JlroMg  Defence,  the^ 
Advantage  o(  ff'ood.  Sea- Coal,  Fijhery,  and  Free-Gift  Land  ia 
this  and  the  neighbouring  Iflands,  the  Settlement  ot  F houfand$ 
of  People  on  them  already,  and  the  innumerable  Poor  in  the 
Sei-Coaft  Towns  of  France,  ever  fwarming  and  coming  over 
to  them  ;— -it  fecms  highly  probable,  that  if  the  Peace  conti- 
nued much  longer,  there  would  be  in  a  few  Years  Time  fuch 
a  Multitude  of  French  hihabitants,  as  with  the  growing  Num- 
bers in  the  borderiap;  Continent  o^ Nova  Scotia  and  Canada, 
wi^h  the  adtlition  of  the  Indian  Katio7::,  would  exceedingly 
vex  and  wafte,  yea,  endanger  the  Co.iqueft  of  our  EngUjh 
Cclonies, 

At  length,  without  ourSeeking,5:  in  the  moflcriticalTIme, 
the  Lord  was  pleas'd  to  leave  them  io  preccipitate  a  War 
upon  us.  An  unexpc6led  Seafon  opens  to  make  the  dange- 
rous Trial,  if  the  Almighty  would  pleafe  to  profper  us. 
And  now  all  the  northern  Colonies  and  Ours  efpecicdh;  beg;m  to 
feel  their  deftruclivc  Power  and  Influence  :  In  a  few  Alonihs 
Time,  infefting  our  Coafts,  taking  our  Shipping,  ruining  our 
Filh?ry  and  Trade,  dcftrnving  Canfo,  invading  Annc.pcl,i,  re- 
ducing us  to  Straits,  and  carrying  our  People  C;iptivc  into  a 
VWsc  almolt  unpregnable. 


For, 


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And 


20 


A  Thanksgiving  Sermon 


And  as  it  was  a  Source  of  Privateers  and  A'kn  of  t far  di- 
ftri'irii^g  to  Ih  ;  it  was  alfo  a  fafc  Rcfort^  both  of  their  /*  efi 
and  Eall  India  Fleets^  lo  their  great  Advantage  in  rtturning 
Homeward. 

Of  fuch  vaji  Importmce  was  this  Jhong  Port  of  our  Ene- 
mies ;  and  this  poflVfs'd  by  one  of  the  moit  enterprizing, 
powerful  and  adlivc  of  Nations. 

But  in  the  Wifdom  of  God,  the  ftronger  it  grew,  the 
better  in  the  Iflue  for  us  :  Tiie  French  having  built  a  regular 
City,  I'.nd  laid  out  immcnfely  more  to  render  it  both  flrong 
and  commodious,  than  we  fl:iould,  if  the  Place  h  id  been  in 
cur  Power.  Yea,  it  fecms  moft  likely,  that  if  they  had  not 
poflcfs'd  it,  there  would  neither  have  been  a  ]3attcr\  ,nor  even 
a  Houfc  in  the  Port  to  this  Day  ;  no  more  than  m  many  fine 
Harbours  of  Noz'a  Scotia  ;  which  iho'  fo  near  tne  Fifhery, 
have  been  ncgle(Stcd  by  us  for  fo  many  Years,  from  the  Peace 
of  Utrecht.  But  now  in  a  feiu  Weeks  Time,  the  fovercign 
God  has  pleafed  to  give  us  the  Fruits  of  thefe  Thirty  Years 
prodigious  Art,  Labour  and  Expence  of  our  Enemies  :  And 
this  by  Means  of  fo  fmall  a  Number,  lefs  (ban  Four  thcujand 
Land-Men,  unus'd  to  War,  undifciplin'd,  and  that  had  never 
feen  a  Siege  in  their  Lives.  //  is  the  Lord'j  Doing  /  It  is 
marvellous  in  our  Eyes  f 


1 


i 


m 


IL  Let  us  therefore  look  into  the  wonderous  Scenes  of  Pro- 
videnccy  and  fee  fome  of  the  various  and  furpiizingcV^v^ij  wnich 
led  to  the   happy  ylcquifttion. 

And  thefe  we  may  review  under  thefe  Tivo  Heads-  — 

1.  The  rcmarkahle  Stetts  Vi\\\z\\  led  io  the  dancrerous  En-- 
ierpri'ze  :   And 

2.  The  fur  prizing   Steps  Jncccedirg  us  thcvLin. 


l]  T'lic  remarkulle  Stcpi  <j[  Fiovidaicc  which  /c'l^  us  to  the 

I  have 


adventurous  Enteric: izc. 


ti;V 


J  or  the  taking  ^/Gipc-Brctori.  :^i 

1  have  already  hinted  at  tlicfc  Tiuo  Particulars- •- 

r.  Our  /iww.vi  being;  left  ofCion,  in  ()[''pofit:or.  to  all 
the  Rules  of  Policy,  but  in  too  carl}-  Confidence  of  their 
fufHcicnt  Gi-owih  of  I'owcr,  while  cngag'd  with  the  .Qz/^w  of 
Hungary^  to  hurry  into  a  IVar  with  m  \  while  their  iradina 
Ships  were  ino'Hy  abroad,  tli'ir  N'i7vy  not  f.)  well  prcpar'd^, 
and  ours  by  the  prcvioui  War  with  t)pain,  equipt  raid  ready 
to  employ  its  Power  for  our  Defence  and  their  Anno\r,nrc  ; 
It  feems  in  ;;s  hp.ppy  a  Jur.iljreas  we  could  wiflifor  :  With- 
out which  we  fhould  not  have  had  the  Advantage  or  Oppor- 
tunity which  they  have  opened  to  us. 

2.  The  People  of  Cv/)^;- 7?^/ :5;z  early  and  fuddenly  feiziivrr 
Canfo^  invading  /fnaapoli'^  and  M.  De  Vivicr  goiny;  to  FrciKc; 
for  additional  Forces  hv  Sea  and  Jy^nd,  to  reiv:w  ih.e  AfTault 
in  the  Spring  of  the  Year  ;---wcre  impiov'd  hy  Gon  as  a 
Means  of  rou'/ing  us  up  with  the  Scnfc  of  Dinger,  .\\\A  of 
exciting  our  Governour  lo  intplore  the  King  for  fime  riaiuil 
Help  :  Without  which  it  feems  tliat  Ctimmodore  Warren 
V^ith  his  Three  ^'>hips  of  War  had  not  been  oideicd  from  our 
IVeJi  Indii  1f,ar.(U  xc>  Nczv  Knglahd  \  Tho'  tlien,  1  f.ppofc, 
without  any  fptcial    \'icw  to  ibis  impjrtant  Enterprize. 

3.  By  the  Cnpe-Brei'jnrrs  taking  and  carrying  fo  many  of 
our  People  into  tluir  Harljur  and  C'llj^  ihey  weie  ('b!it!cd  to 
return  them  to  u,: :  Wh^rrhy  wc  came  to  h^-  inoie  acqii;  ;n(- 
ed  with  their  Scituation  and  ilie  proper  l^lacc,-.  of  landing  and 
attacking:  And  at  th.e  fame  Tune  it  is  in  the  Ifllic  happy, 
they  were  not  fulK  aware  of  ihe  protliglous  Strength  of  the 
Fortifieaiions^  or  of  the  [ireat  Number  of  ^'hn  widiin  and 
near  them  ;  or  we  never  had  prefum'd  on  fucharililr.uM  pri7.t  -. 
Yea,  'tis  happy  that  fome  few,  v.'Iio  better  hnovviiig  tliiPl.icc, 
gave  the  more  cxa^l  Accounts  and  fpikc  difcou:aging  ;  yet 
we  were  fo  let  on  fending,  they  were  not  regarded. 

4.  God  was  pleafed  to  give  Av/?  Smrarcr  a  prcat  PLutx  <A 
Provifion  to  our  Jiorlhrn  C-knics  ;  whereliy  v,e  wiic  /''/r 
tipring  prepared  to  fu^  ;■)!>■  fo  great  an  Armament  :  Atid  at-  tii- 
fame  Time  cui  ll:(.rt  t!,e  Cr('ps  in  Cniuda  aia!  the  1 1  Ond}  i^i 
India  IJlamU  ;  vvhciciiy  'twas  rij^.prehended  tb;ii  '\\v\W  af  C.ipc 
Breton  were  coiiiieerablv  Ihaif^ned.  and  \\':y\  !)Oiii  ;1h    i'.n.c'^a- 

J\.  1 


I". ■-»■ .l-.J^KT. 


"■^iie^ 


2 


yl  Thanksgiving  Sermon 


Frc:::b  and  Miam  were  hindered  the  laft  Year  from  trcubliii^ 
OLir  inland  Borders:. 

5.  By  our  Accounts  of  the  Uncafiiitfs  of  the  Snirzen 
There,  for  want  of  Pay  and  Provifion  ;  and  the  Call  and 
Wants  of  their  Ea/I  m\^  i'l'eji  India  Fleet  in  the  Fall  o\  :\\q 
Year,  and  their  SuppUes  with  Men  and  Victuals,  if  r^ot  Am- 
munition ;  'twas  rcprefented,  the  remaining  French  were 
further  ivealiem-d  \  and  we  were  the  more  encouraged.  And 
'twas  further  remarkable,  that  their  i><tore  Ships  tiom  hrance 
in  the  Fall  came  fo  Lite  on  their  Co:ift,  and  the  Wii  ^r 
There  fct  in  fc  early  and  fierce,  as  to  keep  thtm  out  of  their 
Harbour  and  drive  them  off"  to  Martineco. 

6.  From  the  fanguine  Reprefentation'S  made  by  our  return- 
ed Captives,  of  the  Eafuu  fs  of  our  taking  the  Place  by  an 
earlySurprizal  before  any  Help  could  come,  cithei  ^xomFrar^ce 
or  Canada  ;  God  was  pleafed  to  lead  our  Go'vetnour^  vit',;iant 
and  a6live  for  our  Safety  and  Welfare,  into  the  Pr<j((Sl: 
And  early  forming;  the  Scheme;  in  the  moft  timely  Stafon, 
in  the  midft  of  Winter,  when  our  Intercourfe  ^'hroad  was 
iealed  up,  to  move  and  prefs  it  on  the  Central  Jjfewhly  ;  and 
after,  in  convenient  Time,  on  our  neighOouring  Governments  ; 
and  with  wonderous  Refolution,Circumrpc6Uon  and  AHiduity 
to  purfue  the  fame. 

y.  Tho'  when  the  Affair  was  firfi-  propos'd  to  the  General 
Court,  the  Difficulties  feem'd  fo  grtat  and  the  Fxpence  (o 
fmking  to  this  poor  People,  that  they  favv  no  Light  to  ven- 
ture without  a  powerful,  previous  Help  from  £?igland ;  yet 
upon  further  Rrprefentations,  that  the  Seafon  would  likely 
be  loft  for  ever,  h^c.  theAfVair  was  unexptdledly  reconfider'd  : 
And  the  fovereign  God  (o  over-rul'd  the  Jbfence  of  diverfe 
worthy  Reprefentatives,  who  judged  it  too  valt  an  Underta- 
king for  us ;  th.it  'tis  faid  iheJinalRefclution  for  it  oujan.  -25, 
was  juft  carried  but  by  cne  ALiiority  :  And  even  that  and 
other  Votes  had  been  loft,  if  the  fupcriour  Cireatnefs  of  the 
Expencehdd  been  then  imagined  j  it  fuon  abundantly  exceed- 
ing their  Exptdlations, 

8.  When  the  General  Court  had  agreed  on  this  grcnt  En- 
terpiize,  it  is  furprizing  to  think,  with  how  profound  a  6'*?- 


for  the  faking  of  Cape-Breton, 


r'v/y,  fo  many  Members  in  the  Centre  of  fo  populous,  (hfcr- 
viii^  111  1  iiiqiiifitive  a  Town  as  this,  for  fo  many  J3a\s,  kept 
their  Confultations  ;  'till  the  various  Parts  of  tiie  Plan  were 
fr-rrled,  Committees  chofcn,  and  all  Things  ripe  for  enliftin^'; 
SjIJicrs,  hiring  V^efll-Is,  buying  Materials  and  Provifions  ; 
And  as  furprizint'  to  fee  with  what  a  general  Silence  all  thefe 
Thin.;s  were  done  in  this  City  and  Land  ;  and  the  Army  and 
Fleet  eqiiipf  and  ready  to  fail,  while  the  Red  of  the  World 
hviJ  fcarcc  any  Intelligence  of  our  Preparations. 

9.  As  foon  as  ever  the  Dcp^gn  was  knonn  among  us,  it 
was  a  marvellous  Thing,  that  when  thi;  Province  had  hittlv 
lofl  {o  many  Hundred  Men  Volnnticrs\n  the  fad  ICxpedition  lu 
Carfhaiienn,  not  0?it;  in  Ten  being  alive  to  return,  theirW'ivcs 
left  Widows  and  their  Children  Orphans  ;---yet  to  fee  fo 
many  likely  Afen^  and  I  conclude  the  moft  of  them  Owner^. 
of  Lands  and  Houfes,  or  Heirs  of  the  fame,  and  many  Reli- 
gion'^, in  all  our  Towns,  readily  lifting  even  as  private  Sol 
diers  ;  with  the  fmall  Wages  ot  Tzvcniy-five  Shillings  a  M'jnihy 
to  leave  their  giinful  Farms  and  Trades,  as  well  as  Parents, 
Wives  and  Children  ;  all  as  free  J'ohintiers^  to  ferve  tlicii 
God,  their  King  and  Country^  ''1  this  liazardous  Enterprize  '■, 
Yea,  more  to  lift  than  the  Cv)i  ;t  dcfired  :  And  that  (o 
many  Men  of  diftinguifii'd  hi'^ure  fhould  cheerfully  offer 
themfelves---even  Four  of  iiis  ^Majesty's  Council  for  this 
Province^  among  them  the  Hon.  If-'illiam  Peppcrrell,  Efq;  the 
fird  of  the  Council  ;  as  alfo  the  Hon.  Deputy  Governour  cf 
Oyrmci'ticut  Colony  \  and  diverfe  Others  cf  public/:  Ejlcern  and 
Cbarattcr, 


TO.  It  was  wonderful  alfj  to  fee  thit  during  thofe  TwQ 
ufually  ftormy  Months  of  Fihriiary  and  Maict}^  the  only  Sea- 
fon  for  our  Prcpaiatiiui,  Gou  was  pleafed  to  give  us  fuch  a 
con flnnt  Series  oi  muLvute  CkWiS  fair  II  iaiher^  C3  in  that  Time 
of  the  Year  has  fcarcc  ever  been  known  among  us  1  So  that 
there  was  hardly  any  Impediiiient  to  o'lr  Oiilicers  gcing  about 
and  enlifting,  or  our  S  'Kiiero  in  marching,  or  our  Veflels  in 
fitting,  or  our  Coafters  in  bringing  us  Provliions,  or  our 
Committee  of  War  in  their  varioi's  Freparutior>r>3  '"till  all  were 
reidy  to  fail. 

21.  lliC. 


■4- 


A  Thanksgiving-Sermon 


1 1.  The  extraordinary Tho't, Con(riv'3nce, Order, Manage- 
mciit  and  quick  JDifpaich,  ii'.t  ordy  of  His  ExcE i-Lenc v, 
but  alfo  of  oi;r  C'.unc'il  'f  IVuVy  fL(:n"is  W()tKlcirLil--th:it  (icn- 
llcnien  uiius'd  to  fuch  Albirs,  {h<;ul(l  in  Two  Ahnthi  Time, 
think  of  and  get  ready  every  Thing  fu'uiblc  for  {o  great  and 
various  an  Armament  by  Sea  and  Land  :  i^o  that  nothjing 
prop(.r  fccms  to  have  been  omiitcd.  And  I  have  licMrd  fome 
cxprcfs  themfelves  wiili  Wriidtr  to  fee  how  Things  would 
happen  :---Jull:  as  they  wanted  f'omc  Kind;i  of  Materials  oi 
Frovif.oKs^  an  unexpected  frfjcl  vvou'd  conic  in  and  bring 
tl^eni . 

12.  h  vvai,  ahb  wonderful— -that  tho'  the  SkigII  Pcx.,  'which 
has  been  (o  fatal  and  dreadful  to  us,  came  mto  this  Tcivn  and 
Harbour.,  as  our  Troops  were  coming  in  both  b)'  Land  and 
Water,  and  continued  ..II  the  Time  ihey  were  quartering 
and  ane'noring  here,  very  few  of  the  OlTieers  or  Soldiers  ha- 
ving liad  ir,  and  wc  were  full  of  ai  xious  Appreheniu  ns  ; 
yet  it  neither  hindnd  tlum,  nor  did  the  dangerous  Inft6lior» 
fpread  among  :li  m  ;  v. liich  ia  tint  criiical  Jun(iture  v/oukl, 
nfter  all,  have  wholly  overthrown  the  Lnterpr.ze. 

And  now  our  Army  of  Thrjc  Thmfand  Land  Soldiers, 
with  all  Kinds  of  Stores  beinir  rca<lv  to  fail  on  the  ^id  ot 
March,  in  about  ;i  Hundred  VtUTds^  bcli'.ies  Fiv^  HurJrcd 
Soldiers  more  fent  from  Cr,.',ii.5iicat^  ami  Three  Hnrdrcd  and 
F'fiy  fioin  7\'tw  Hu/f/pJ/.irf-wc  iiad  ahiioll  every  gloomy 
Pio'pcifl:  to  make  us  trt'uble. 

h'or  out  ih!i);d  B'jfd'rs  vvctenov;left  bare  of  a  great  Part 
of  their  Strengti),  by  the  liliinj,  t)f  io  many  of  their  able 
r»'Jen  /  V.vz/Z/Vm  m  the  Expediti-.  i).  Ami  if  the  Entcr- 
pri/.e  fucceeiJed,  the  hrniy  Drbt  would  almolt  (ink  Ui,  But 
ii,  for  our  Oltlnccs,  (Jloo  were  carryin  ?;  forth  a  great  Part 
of  t!ie  FlAvcr  of  our  Cr.i>!try  to  be  deltioy'd  ;  a  moft  difmal 
>*tcnc  of  Ruin  fecm'd  to  follow  '  They  were  to  fail  Five 
Hundred  Miki  to  the  Jinsmicr,  1(1  and,  in  n  raiu  and  florniy 
Time  of  the  Year.  And  if  the  fear'd  bifd'Hon  had  taken 
Place  and  flionld  brake  out  among  them,  tlpici  dly  alter  their 
Landing  ;  what  a  general  Ti  rror  v/ould  fuize  them  from  the 
Hand  of  God  which  tiicre  v,'.:s  no  rof'flinti,  and  in  what  a 
niikrubl'j  Call-  v/jdU  they  be  !  A  nav.d  Power  with  Stores 


!■■. 

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for  the  takiiig  o/' Cape-Breton. 


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and  (lifciplin'd  Troops  were  alfo  early  fxpc£led  There  from 
France^  to  conquer  Nova  Scotia  :  And  after  all  the  Labours 
of  our  unwearied  Govermur,  to  obtain  fome  AUcn  of  IVar 
from  our  nelghhour'ing  Colonies  and  fVcJi  India  JJlands^  to  come 
and  protcdt  and  help  us  ;  our  hopeful Profpcils  Jmri'd  to  dwindle 
nway---?ind  we  could  fee  no  other  but  that,  if  Two  Sixty  Gun 
Ships  of  our  Enemies,  which  werf^  early  expelled,  fhould  ar- 
rive before  we  took  the  Place,  they  would  foon  make  our 
Fleet  and  Jrmy  Captives  :--And  then  what  would  become  of 
this  Country  ! 

So  they  muft  run  the  moft  defpcrate  Hazards.  TheHearfs 
of  many  of  the  wifeft  afhore  now  feem'd  to  fail.  Some  re- 
pented they  had  voted  for  it,  and  others  that  they  had  ever 
promoted  it.  Some  judged  it  beft  after  all  for  every  Man  to 
to  jyoHome  ;  and  thcThoughtful  among  us  were  in  greatPer- 
plcx'ty.— But  yet  a  Wonder  it  was  to  fee,  that  thofe  wlio 
were  venturing  into  the  Danger,  feem'd  to  be  fullert  of  Truft 
in  (tOD  andCourage.  Many  fiU'd  their  VefTcls  -WiiViPra-jtrs ; 
and  afkina;  Ours^  they  threw  themfelves  into  the  divine  Pro- 
tection, ;'/;  the  Natne  of  Goi^  thry  fet  up  thfir  Banners,  and 
away  thev  fiil'd.  J*tay  for  v :.,  and  we'll  Fight  for  y 0x2--- 
was  the  valiant  and  endearing  Language  wherewith  they  left 

us. 

Tims  have  wc  traced  fome  of  the  remarhable  Steps  which 
Id  to  this  dangerous  Et/terpr^ze.     We  now  come 

a  J  To  view  fonie  of  the  more  furpri/ing  Steps  of  Provi- 
dence fucceeding  therein  to  the  happy  A-::niplif:ment. 

And  a.<!  thefe  arc  more  in  Number  than  can  he  reci:onM, 
I  may  here  but  mcntioa  a  iew--- 

I.  As  it  was  very  cncouraf^ing  to  think  how  many //V?/.* 
and  prayerful  Perfons  were  embarqu'd  in  the  Caufe,  which 
we  accounted  the  Caufe  ofOoD  and  his  People  ;  it  gave  fur- 
tluiGround  of  Ilopt*,  to  lee  fuch  a  Spirit  of  Supplied  l^n  given 
to  many  in  thi.i  Town  and  Land  on  this  Occalion.  For  be- 
fulcs  the  folemnDays  oi  public  k  :ind  general  Prayer  appointed  by 
theft  three  Governments  i  there  were  particular  Days  obfervcd 
?.a  fevcral  Congregations,     There  were  alfo  in  diverfe  Towns 

I  \  religioui 


5 


20 


A  Thanksgiving  Sermon 


rriigicus  Scclctles,  fomc  of  Women  as  well  as  others  of  Men, 
who  nivt  every  IFeek,  morcprivafcly  to  pray  for  thePtcfervation 
aiiJ  Succcfj  of  tlicir  dear  Countryn;cn  :  And  1  have  been 
w:'ll  in'ornicd  of  their  extraordinary  Fervency,  Faith  and 
AVicfUinii^',  aii  (o  many  'Jnc^bsy  in  tliis  important  Seafon. 
Pfc;I.  cv'wi.  IC---1.5.  w.is  iifii.'Jly  am'ing  our  Petitions  :  As 
alfo,  '  That  God  woulJ  prcfi-Tve,  dire£l  and  fpirit  our 
*  Friends  ;  and  furpriz-  and  t(  rrify  our  Enemies  ;  and  make 
'  thcrn  yield  without  nvicli  IJK>od-rhed,  and  in  fuch  a  Man- 
'  jier  u-^  tlie  ;/  c/-,v  and  Chy  might  appear  to  be  his  olone  '. 

2.  God  then  begin  in  a  remarkable  Manner  to  hear  our 
PravLTs :  h\  that  wheii  fo  many  Ffjfih  fail'd  from  Hence  and 
from  ISluj  Hainpjhire  and  (Jo)me::iicut.,  in  fuch  a  turbulent 
J'imc  of  the  Vcjr,  thro'  a  Cjurfe  of  Five  Hundred  Miles  on 
the  Gcean  j  they  every  one  arriv'd  at  Canfo,  the  Place  of 
Concourfe,  -Aho'dtjixty  Miles  on  this  Side  Cape  Breton^  with- 
out th.c  Lofs  of  more  than  One  Soldier  and  Three  Seamen^  and 
but  Fifteen  Jick  \  and  Tinu;  enough  to  meet  together  and  rcfrefh 
theaifelvcs,  and  get  into  Order  for  their  Defccnt  at  Louijtourg, 

3.  It  was  remarkable  alfo,  that  God  was  pleas'd  to  keep 
our  Enemies  Shore  and  Ha^honr  iiiviron'd  with  Ice  longer  than 
ufual  :  So  thit  nt  no  of  thiir  Veficls  could  enter  nor  go  forth 
for  Intelligence,  'liil  cuir  Tn^nty  Gun  Oui-zcrs  (which  our 
Goucrnour  fent  above  a  For.i.i^'.':  b^Iore  the  Red  of  the  Fleet) 
i.-amc  ']'hither  :  And  that  !"'nie  c'i  ttrir  Vejfels  coming  early  to 
ihem,  both  bcl,:rc*  and  .ifier  the  l-h:roour  was  open,  were 
happily  iiKcrcepted  and  iukiU  by  Ours  \  whereby  our  Eneviia 
iviiijin  fail'd  of  their  Supplits,  an  1  //,•  7.'ere  recruited  by  thofe 
■.'~'ith:ul. 

.V  Tint  by  a  mort  {gracious,  feafonai)le  and  v/onderful  Di- 
rection of  Cion,  thro' our    Gotrrnro-'c-  Sollicitations  the /ij.V 
h:f:rc^   the  brave  and  active   Commodore   JFntren^   a  great 
Friend  to  thcfc  Pl.mtntiors,  i?  ordered  bv  the  Cjovernment  in 
Fv^hwd^  to  come  imme.i lately  with  Thyee  Men  of  I'i'ar  from 
.hntgo  to  B:>flGn  :  That  on  hi.N'oyagc  hither  near  Cupe  Sables^ 
ho,   on    ^pril  i2tb,    met  with  a    Fipurman^   who  inform'd 
h  m  of  our  Army'-;    beini^;  gone   to  CW.v/j    the  IVeck  before  \ 
"i  h.it    on   board    the    Fifhcrman  there  wa'    One   of  the  befi: 
'^i  Fiht^y  who  had  got  out  of  the  ^V'ay  of  our  Committee  ct 

War, 


'ii 


*■'/ 


Men, 

nation 

been 

1  and 

safon. 

I  :  As 

t    ovir 

make 

Man- 


nar our 
ice  and 
rbulent 
Ules  on 
lace  of 
!,  with- 
\en^  and 
1  rcfrclh 
vjhourg. 

to  keep 
gcr  than 
go  forth 
ilch  our 
le  fleet) 
early  to 
n,  were 

by  thofe 


rful  Di- 
the  Fall 
a  great 

nment  in 
ar  from 

f.c  tables, 

inform'd 
lefcre  ; 
the  bcft 

mittce  of 
War, 


'i. 


Jo?'  the  ti:Jd?ig  ^/'Cape-Breton. 


7 


'\ 


War,  to  avoid  bc-inrr  prc^^>\l  for  tlic  Service  :  Tint  tho'  ilic 
Commodore  want'^J  trcih  Provihoa  nnd  Cluatns  for  1,1'^  A'Icn 
ia  fo  cold  a  Climate  and  St-afc:! ;  he  v.'ifJv'  cuniiJcr'd  the  nc- 
ceffitous  Cafe  of  our  Army,  took  the  Pdot,  ireneroufiy /^fZ-'tf 
about,  went  after  ihtin,  overtook  them  at  Canlo,  to  ihcir  ereat 
Joy  ;  and  instead  of  (lopping,  pa^^\l  on  to  watch  llie  Harbour 
of  Lnuijlioiirg,  that  \\.^  S'ipj)h/  from  Caunch^  AJa.tlriCCO  c-r 
France  miglit  flip  into  it  :  JFithou!  nil  I'jh'icb  a  (-)\  Gun  Ship 
with  near  6co  A-fen  and  full  (>f  St:--:,  \\:J  cntcr'J,  and  this 
great  Affair  had  bjcn  f.ion  ui.fcatcd. 

5.  .That  the  Cotrjuou^rc^  by  tl;e  Fifberjiicn^  f^  nt  his  Order 
for  the  King's  Slups  that  uiouKI  be  found  in  thefe  Part?,  forth- 
with to  follow  him  :  Ti.ai  tho  P.dicrman  timely  arriving,  our 
G(?i;/?r«5?^;- immcdiai'.ly  fcnt  the(3rJertoa  40  Gun  Ship  at 
Pifcatanua  ready  to  convo/  the  JM  ift  I'lect  for  Enohir.d  :  And 
tho'  fht;  was  g»)t  to  Sea,  yet  by  a  lioat  the  Order  re;icl:i'd  her  ; 
and  fcndino;  her  Fleet  into  Harbour,  (he  bore  after  the  Com- 
modore and  quickly  j.)ia'd  him.  ijo  that  our.-Z/v/n'  before  they 
fail'il  from  Canl'o,  h\i\  the  CoinHort  of  4  AJen  of  IFar,  imder 
God  to  prott:(5l  and  he'p  thcin. 

6.  That  tho'  our  Fled  mv\  Army  Haid  nfar//'/'<v  JVah 
at  Canfo,  with'n  20  Lcugurs  of  l.ouilbourg^  and  wiJiin  Sigiit 
o^  their  ijl.md  \  yet  the  I'cciilj  'FI.ere  kncvv  nothing  of  it,  'til! 
early  in  the  Morning  Ap-il  >0,  wh'.-n  they  V.'erc  fo  lwrpri/,'d 
to  fee  us,  that  thvy  liad  no  Timi.  to  pet  in  the  ficlh  Provifion 
and  Force  of  the  nci;]:jh':iM  :^,  (Ij.nDy  to  help  them.  It  feems 
\'erv  wondcrlul,  that  r.oiu  oi  the  French  or  Imiiun:  near  to 
Canfo,  fliould  liap;ii:n  to  (te  us,  ;nvl  give  oiu'  Kiinnies  Intel- 
li-ience  of  us  :  Aiul  VvKjn  o.jr  F!r:i  \v:,\  Ann'!  were  comnle.-t 
and  ready,  the  he  went  ofV  .;t  or.ce  ;  and  t!ie  Winds  and 
Weatlier  confpit'd  to  lavGin(>ur  Dw'fccnt  on  //f  IflamL 

7.  It  is  alfo  rcmatkable,  t'  at  the  /".v.,''' had  made  «;  A'- 
I'tfication  at  the  Fhice  of  our  L.vuii/:^,  tho'  'tis  faiJ  they  de- 
fign'd  it,  anil  were  picpr.ring  f^r  it  :  And  tlio*  ilicv  had  'S'/\ 
Hundred  regidarTroops,  and  ah  uit  /'i7/'.'ov.7/7.''./r(,'/oilit.'iMen 
in  the  City,  that  yet  t!)ev  Ihonll  make  ( >  fmall  an  Oppoli'iiti 
at  our  going  idhore  :  J'hat  Ciu\i  fo  cr.r(»iir.  g'd  and  h  Ip'J 
the  few  who  land'.'  1  lirff  anil  cm  'a!>M  th(  in,  a:,  to  beat  th>-;ii 
away  with  the  Ljk-  o\' F'Ajt  'A' thnr  M.ny//-'.',  f.v.ial  ■.'.'^.v./- 


j) 


d. 


28 


A  Thanksgiving  Sermon 


f 

i  i 

M 

i 


cdy  and  Ten  taken  captive,  without  the  Lofs  of  One  of  Outs  : 
That  thereby  he  (truck  a  Terror  into  our  Enemies :  And  tho' 
our  People  were  fo  eager  of  Landing,  they  were  ready  to 
quarrel  to  get  into  the  Boats,  and  the  Surf  ran  high  ;  yet  all 
our  Army  landed  fafely,  without  overfetting  a  Boat  or  loofing 
a  Man. 

8.  ThatHe  mov'd  them  to  improve  theTime  and  forthwlrh 
march  upFive  AJiles^  thro'  a  rocky  &  bogg)  Country, and  cn- 
clofe  the  City.  That  in  i\\e  following  Night  he  led  fome  of 
our  Soldiers,  thro'  fl range  Places  to  the  Utordm/Jis  near  the 
Grand  Battery,  which  was  flrongly  fortified  with  Walls  and 
Ditches,  and  at  each  End  a  very  thick  Bunib-proof  Tower  : 
That  the  Storehoufes  full  of  tombiiftible  Matter,  being yi-/  on 
Fireyhmnt  &  flafh'd  in  a  horrible  Alanncr,and  in  thcNight  cn- 
crcas'd  theEnemiesTerror  :  That  t\\&lVind  alio  bearing  a  pro- 
digious blackSmoke  upon  them, in  which  expecting  our  Army 
to  enter,  they  were  everySoul  frighted  out  of  it  into  the  City  : 
And  that  in  the  Mornings  but  13  of  oui  Men  obferving  there 
was  neither  Flag  flying,  norChimney  fmoaking,  nor  Perfon 
appearing,  but  the  Gates  open,  tjfc,  ventur'd  in  and  took 
Poflcirxon, 


i«t 


9.  That  yet  the  Enemy  aware  of  their  fatal  Error,  foon 
after  came  with  Forces  in  many  Sballoujaes  to  recover  it  :  But 
8  of  the  13  going  out  of  the  Battery  and  meeting  with  about 
8  more  of  our  Friends,  run  to  the  Water  Side,  and  fo  plied 
the  Boats  with  Small  Arm«,  as  damp'd  and  hindcr'd  them, 
'till  feeing  moic  of  our  Forces  coming,  the  Boats  turn'd  back 
to  the  Town  again  :  And  if  they  had  come  but  cueHour  foon- 
cr,  they  had  regain'd  the  Battery  bclore  wc  found  it  defertcd. 
And  thus  this  itrong  Fortrefs  of  32  great  Cannon,  30  of  them 
42  Pounders,  which  might  alone  have  maintarn'd  itfelf  againft 
all  our  Army,  the  Lord  delivcr'd  into  our  Hands,  without 
the  Lofs  of  a  Man,  or  Shot  of  a  Gun,  and  before  we  de- 
manded it  :  Whereby  he  at  once  fav'd  us  both'I'imCjToil  and 
Blood,  and  furpr.zingiy  gave  us  a  great  Power  over  the  Har- 
bour, as  well  as  fo  many  of  the  lar^-clt  of  the  Enemies  Cau- 
fian,  with  a  great  Number  of  their  own  Balls  and  Bctnl'S  to 
improve  againd  them. 

10.  That 


n 


for  the  taking  ij/' Capc-Brcton. 


29 


TO.  That  our  Army  was  prefervM  from  the  dangerous  In- 
feHion  :  And  tho'  being  open  to  the  Air,  Fogs  and  Dews, 
upon  rhe  Melting;  of  the  Ice,  in  a  raw  Climate  and  Seafon  of 
the  Year,  the  Oim'^-Dyf entry  feir.ed  many  ;  yet  fomecfour 
Phyficians  in  their  Letters  fignined,  that  it  look'd  almoll  mi- 
raculous, th?y  Ihould  fo  foun  and  generally,  without  Means, 
recover. 

11.  That  they  fliould  be  infpirM  with  wondrou'=!  Couragi\ 
Eagermfs^  A^ivity  and  unfainting  Strength  :  Ke  fupportcd 
under  their  extraordinary  and  conftant  Toils,  Fatigues  and 
Labours,  in  carrying  Stores,  drawing  Cannon  over  Hills  and 
Valleys,  among  Rocks  and  thro'  Morafles,  up  to  the  Middle 
in  Mire  ;  and  in  digging  Trenches,  raifing  Batteries,  firing 
Shot  and  Bombs  almolt  inceflantly  both  D.iy  and  Night  a- 
gainft  the  City  :  And  that  God  fo  fpccdily  taught  their  Hmidi 
to  war ^  and  their  Fingers  te  fght^  as  profently  to  throw  them 
with  great  Exa^lncfs,  and  do  continual  Execution  among  our 
Enemies  ;  difmounting  their  Cannon,  beating  down  their 
Houfes,  Gates,  Walls,  Flankers^  and  greatly  diltrciling  them. 

12.  That  when  a  new  64  Gun  Ship  from  Fr^w^  with  near 
600  Men,  and  great  Qi,iantities  of  Arms  and  Stores,  came  (o 
near  the  Mouth  of  tlicir  Harbovir  and  before  a  fair  Wind, 
that  two  Hour<:  more  would  have  given  her  Entrance  ;  fhc 
was  happily  difcov^-rM  by  fome  of  our  frnalltr  Ships,  who 
led  her  along  to  the  larger  ynd  foon  made  her  Strike :  And 
tho'  by  the  Fog  in  the  Night  they  loft  her,  yet  in  the  Morn- 
ing they  happilv  rccover'd  her  ;  to  the  growing  Difcourage- 
mcnt  of  the  Belicgcd,  and  our  encrealingStrcngth  and  Benefit. 

That  tho' to  fhow  our  Dependance  on  God  continually. 
He  was  pleas'd  to  fuffer  the  barbarous  Indians^  twice  to  fur- 
prize  and  murthcr  fomc  of  our  People  ;  yet  in  fcvcral  Land- 
Encounters  both  with  French  and  IndiafiSy  in  divers  Parts  of 
the  Ifland,  He  was  pleas'd  to  give  us  the  Viiltury. 

That  by  Means  of  the  extraordinary  quick  Difpatch  of  a 
Mejpnger,  our  Govermur  in  February  fent  to  tht-  IviNtr  (<>i 
naval  Help  ;  GoD  was  pleas'd  to  fend  fo  many  Men  of  U  a> 
fuccefTively,  as  by  the  i2ih  oVJum^  with  the  64  (lun  Prize, 
and  thofe  who  were  there  before,  to  amount  to /:.'::77; ;  tu 

ItK* 


^^ 


A  Thanksgiving  Sermon 


tlic  fiiikiiig  Fear  of  the  Enemv,  and  the  rifing  Joy  of  our  Fleet 
and  Arniv'  ;  as  alfo  to  prefcive  a  happy  Harmony  between  cur 
liar  ions  Ojjicen. 

Th^t  tl;o'  (lon  was  pleas'd  to  humble  us  in  defeating  our 
Attack  in  the  Kigbt  on  their  firong  IJland  Fort  ;  yet  He  hap- 
piiv  ^,v'"c/'^  ail  i  with  furnriz'ng  StrcDgih,  Agility  ;;nd  Qj^iick- 
iK'fs  hellycd  us  to  hoift  up  fonic  of  the  heaviclt  Cannon  and 
iVJcrtan  on  the  Light  Houfe  CiijJ\  which  ovcrlook'd  that  Fort 
in  which  they  trudcd  to  hinder  our  entering  into  their  Har- 
bour :  And  then  a'Jijhd  in  cafting  our  Bov^hs  fo  exacSbly,  as 
after  the  itvo  or  i'^vi*firlK  to  throw  in  every  One  of  the  reft, 
and  do  fuch  Execution  as  quickly  beat  them  out  of  this  ftrong 
Hold  they  tho't  iinprcgnable,  and  frighten  the  City  to  a  quiet 
Surrender. 

That  God  fhou'd  move  'em  to  it  in  that  critical  .Moment^ 
wlien  the  Navy  and  /tr?ny  had  jull  agreed  on  a  general^  defpe- 
rate  and  fierce  /Ifjcmlt  both  by  Land  aw^  M-'ater  ;  which  was 
like  to  be  exceeding  bloody  and  of  dnubtful  Consequence  ; 
For  upon  tlit  Capitulation,  when  our  i'orccs  entei'd  the  City 
and  Ciin-j  to  view  the  inward  State  of  its  roitifications  ;  they 
were  amiz'-d  to  fee  their  extraordinary  Strength  and  Dfcvice, 
and  how  we  hid  like  to  have  loll  the  Limbs  and  Lives  of  a 
Adultitudcy  ifnotiiave  been  all  deltroy'd. 

That  in  all  our  clofe  rnd  conftunt  Afiaults  and  Skirmifhcs, 
fome  of  our  Batteries  being  within  Pijhl  Shot  of  the  City, 
and  receiving  fuch  a  vaft  Number  ot  Balls  and  Bombs  almoffc 
continuallv  by  Day  aiul  b\  Night,  we  fliould  not  have  above 
z.  Hundred Jlfiin  ;  'v\  fo  raw  a  Climate  and  Seaf-n,  and  under 
fuch  Fatigue?,  not  Idofc  above  a  Finn drrd  more  by  Slckncfs  \ 
and  of  To  many  Fefji^ls  tranfporting  and  cruizing,  in  fo  many 
■Storms  in  A'larch  and  ylpriL  lo  ">fe  but  One  ;  tho'  this  a  Crtuzer 
cf  a  Fimulrul  AUn^  fLippofed  to  be  ovcrfct,  is  a  grievous  Lofs. 

ThU  in  tho  Time  (^f  the  Si'ge^  there  were  many  other 
furpri/ring  Events  in  our  Favi)ur---Such  ;',s  timely  Supplies  to 
our  Army,  either  by  'lVanfp:)rfs  dr  Prizes,  as  v.'e  were  near 
to  want  them  --'Fhat  tiie  very  Brills  fion.  <  ur  I'.Mcmies  Can- 
fion  Were  of  no  fmall  Service,  being  as  Vxi\  iilnioH  as  they  fell, 
c  itcb'd  up  and  ^xut  inlo  Ours-i  and  rcturn'd  with  Advantage 

--'Fhat 


fcr  the  taking-  of  Capc-Bixton. 


---That  clio;trIng  a  T/^'/i-^  to  protc£l  our  Men,  ar-;l  nieeiinr!:;i 
Rock  in  the  Way  we  could  not  remove  ;  juft  as  v/e  Icit  i;,  .i 
Bomb  from  the  Enemy  came  cUn^n  in  the  mod:  fuiiablc  !S[Gt, 
and  without  an\  Haini  rciiiev'd  it  for  us,  izc. 

That  from  the  Army's  ]eavinp;C«;;^,/^''jr:7  7o,  (o  their  land- 
ing///)///30, and  durin?:  ?dl  thetSVV^?,t!iere  {h.iii!d  b.  (uch  a  coii- 
tiniiul  Scries  o^ fair  JVeathet\  .is  v'»'a.s  never  kiiown  in  the  PI.  ce 
before  at  that  I'iine  of  ihcYear/till  their  cntcylvi;!^  iiito  the  C/Vj, 
^Jun;  1 7  ;  and  then  thcCk)ud^  to  p;;itl,c; lihxkncf'-  and  pour  dow  \\ 
Rains  for  I'm  Days  together  :  Which  vvc'uu!  h.vc  lp;.:l'd  our 
Batteries,  flll'd  our  '^rrcnel 


rcneiies,  and  "reath/  hii.(!cr'(l    anc 


!  (hf- 

iibljd  us  !--lt  feeni'd  to  clofe  the  Sccfus  if  Wonder  !-•- 
As  if  the  rjv^rcij2;n  (jOd  wmjld  fufpend  the  hiirt'id  Opera- 
tions ot  Na'ure,  'till  he  h.tJ  quite  accompli fii'd  his  great  J\'- 
fign^  delivcr'd  the  runrefs  into  our  H.ju:s,  and  ku  uu  ;i:to  a 
Place  of  Shelter. 

In  the  mean  whlle^  it  is  idfo  remarkable,  tlia!:  tl^.e  Ncri') 
American  Coalts  have  been  unmolLtied  b  buth  tlie  Fycnch  ar'd 
Spanijh  IVeJi  India  Privateers^  'tdl  this  gu-at  AiT.dr  v  a  <  iu;;'d. 
And  that  by  Means  of  Du  I'ivier'i.  Pr  -.j.dl  of  takiuL'  J-!!:<!p:!is 
in  the  Spring  or  Summer^  b  >th  our  F.\7!cb  and  L.;i:un  lirir.ies 
have  been  all  this  Time  diverted  from  -er  c::p  ^kci  in'ar.d  llor- 
ders  -,  they  beiiig  drav/n  to  Aleiiis^  ,  ;  d  to  make  a  tr..i.ri  nt 
Sliow  at  /Innapclis  :  Su  he  v/as  guided  n^i  his  ni;icli;L\;.i:j 
but  fruitlefs  Piv-j.  (ft,  and  to  g"  (."/en  to  France^  ro  pronvii'i 
our  Safetv,  and  'live  us  an  unnvjklted  Scafon  Icr  the  takiiir 
ol'  Lcuijl'jurg. 


Laftly,  That  tl;o'  our  Cover r: our,  our  GriN'F.Pv 
Court,  the  Council  of  IP'ar^  ihie  General^  ih-  C:mnr,d-'rc.. 
Officers  and  Sddiers,  h;th  by  Land  ■^v.'S  y-ca.  i';.ive  liifnla}  ' 
wonderous  Wifdom,  Zeal,  Courage,  P.- {.  lutlon,  ri'';-  i 
and  unwearied  Applic.irion  ;  yet  they  n::ve  the  cniiiv,  iit  1 
nour  in  receiving  tiiefe  from  GoD,  and  Iti  \y.-^  eKip!''ying  t' 
to  atchievo  and  bring  about  fuch  a  glorious  and  iiappv  /. 
tion  to  the  BritiJJj  Ci  own  and  Empire  :  N-^r  w  tiiout  /v".  v 
herlefs  other  Direiliins  wou'd  ;dl  their  Skdl,  Care,  l"(>il 
Diligence,  have  availed  anv  thing  :  And  to  Him  be  th.^re 
all  the  Glor/.  For  the  infinitely'  infcioer  Drightncfi  fpatk 
in  thmy  is  wholly  dciiv'd  froin  Him,  both  by  hi:;  onginul 


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A  Thanksgiving  Seiimok 


continual  Iiiflijence  J  like  the  QWiitn  oi  Diammdi  Uo\\\  tht 
Morning  ^un^  and  when  He  ^A'holly  liicles  his  Ligh^,  they  va- 
iiifh.  And  yet  the  brillant  Diamondy  urc  more  to  be  valued 
than  unlhining  Pebbles. 

And  thus  have  we  fcen  this  Pajpige  of  Scriplure,  in  a  re- 
markable Manner  exemplified  in  the  prejcnt  Day. 

And  now  who  can  in  common  Reafon  deny  a  particular 
Providence  in  this  grre.it  Aftair  ?  Who  can  in  Reafon  imagine 
that  fuch  a  Multitude  of  various  and  contrary  running  JFheclsy 
hoih  of  ?fVi'erinlCaufes  and  fpoiitangous  Jgenis^  (hou'd  all  be 
made  to  work  together,  and  in  the  midft  of  Thoufands  of 
Difficulties  and  Contingencies,  in  the  happieft  Seafons  coin- 
cide, to  accomplifh  this  GREAT  Event;  without  a  su- 
TRKAM  Contriver,  Alovcr  and  Director  ?  We  may  a  thou- 
iand  I'imcs  more  conrtftently  apprehend  the  7noJ}  curious  En- 
gine in  the  World  to  be  made  without  Defign,  and  to  work 
without  a  moving  Power. 

Yea,  Thofe  who  own  not  Thefe  to  be  the  Operations  of 
God,  as  a  wife,  foveieign,  free  and  a£tual  Ruler  among 
Men  and  Elements  ;  muft  not  only  deny  the  Scriptures,  but 
j^ven  the  very  Foundations  of  all  Religion,  or  Adoration  of  this 
fuprcam  Governour.  For  they  mufl  deny  there  is  any  Need, 
or  Duty,  or  Wifdom,  of  fearing  Him,  or  praying  to  Him,  or 
hoping  on  Him  in  any  Emergencies  j  or  of  acknowledging, 
admiring,  praifmg,  loving,  or  thanking  Hiin,  for  the  greatejl 
and  inoji  marvellous  Salvations. 

But  as  for  Vs — In  the  Name  ofGoD,  wrGoD  in  Christ, 
vea  in  the  Name  of  the  Son  of  God,  as  fupream  Lord  and 
Ruler  of  Heaven  and  Earth,  of  Men,  Angels,  and  Elements, 
we  lifted  up  our  Banners  :  To  Him  we  looked  and  prayed  : 
h\Him  we  put  our  Truft  and  fought :  And  now,//^  has  heard 
and  profper'dj  to  Him  we  will  afctibe  the  Fraife, 

Whatever  Injlriiments  or  Means  He  us'd,  we  will  blefs  Him 
for  them  ;  wc  fee  them  form'd,  endow'd,  excited  by  Him  ; 
wc  fee  them  in  his  mighty  and  all-a£tive  Hands,  deriving 
Strength  and  Guidance  from  Him,  and  cmploy'd  continually 
to  fulfill  liib  Picafurc.     TVc  will  own,  the  Work  is  his  in  the 

higheft 


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IiigheftSenfe  :  It  was  all  comprehended  in  his  fovcreiirn  View, 
Deiigii  and  Providence  ;  begun,  carried  on,  accomplifh'd  by 
his  all-governing  Wifdom,  Power  and  Efficacy  i  ant^  ..the 
whole  together  is  marvellous  in  every  ferious  Eye. 


When  the  Tydings   came  of  furr-    -"ring;  the  City,  *  wc 
were  like  Them  that  dream  :"  Our  i.^outh  was  fiU'd    with 
Laucrhter,  and  our  Tongue  with  finding  :  Even  the  Hea- 
then iaid.  The  Eord  hath  done  great  Things  for  them  ;  and 
We---The  Lord  hath  done  great  Things  for  us,   whereof  ive 
are  glad.     Not  unto  us,   O  Lord,  not  unto  us,    but  unto 
thy  Name  give  Glory  :  Our   God  hath   done   whatfoevcr 
he  pleaCed  :  'I'hc  Lord  hath  been  mindful  of  us  :  And  wc 
will  blefs  thcLou  i:),rroni  thisTimc  forth  &  for  ever.  Thine 
O  Lord  is  theCyrratnefs,  ^  thcPowcr,  h  theGlory,  &  the 
Vi(5lory,  and  the  Majedy  :  For  all  that  is  in  theHeavcn  and 
in  the  Earth  is  thine  ;   thine   is   the  Kingdom    O  Lord, 
and  thou  art   exalted  as  Head  above  all  :  Both  Riches   and 
Honour  come  of  Thee,  and  Thou  reigneft  over  all,  and   in 
thine  Hand  is  Power  and  Might  ;  and  in  thine  Hand  it  ii 
to  make  Great,    and  to  jrivc  Strcnpth  to  all  :  Now   there 
fore  OUR    CiOD,   we  thank    Tlice  and  praife  thy  gloriou:- 
Name.     Give  Thanks    to  the  Lord,    call  on    his  Name, 
make  known  his  JJ)ec(is  among  tbePeople  :  Sing  unto  Him, 
fing  Pialins  unto  hiin,  talk  ye  of  all  his  wondrous  Works: 

•  Declare   his  (jlory    dmong  tlie   Heathen,    hi:    marvelloi;; 

'  Works  amonu   all  N.itions.   ' 

O  that  when  we  have  fang  his  Pral u'^wc  ma}'  not  ungrate- 
fully forget  his  jyorh^  or  return  to  ^in\  which  ii  to  rob  Him 
oi  his  d'jferved  Glory  and  fly  in  the  Face  of  our  great  Prefer 
\,  ".r   and  Benefat^tor  :  It  is  the  vileit   Degree  of  Ingratitude 
and  provoking  Bafcnels :  It  is  to  figh.t  againft  Hirs'i,   who  ha: 
been  rnarvelloufly   fighting  for  ?/r,   and  given  us  a  wondcrou? 
Series  of  p-reat  Salvations.     Yea,   this  will  be  the  dangerou:. 
Way  to  move  Him  to  turn  our  Enemy  ;  to  change  thcCourfc 
of  his  fliglited  Difpenfatlon's,  and  give  the  Plice  into  our  Ad- 
verfaries  Hinda  aciain,    with  a  more  dreadful  and  mifchicvou;; 
[ncreafc  of  Power  than  ever,  to  punifli  u?.     And  the  Sins  oi 
Drunkennefsy  Profanation  of  the  Name  and   Day  of  God,  Unr 
■Jeannefs^  ln]njVi:e^Oppre]fi'infionlempt  ofC? i  p.  i s r^kOppoftion fie 
rh?  Pm'fVy  P-Tivcr  and  PraiVicc  of  hh  hoh  Rcligior. :  arc  fome 


^sgTvTngSermon 


of  the  higlicft  and  moft  dangerous  Provocations  and  Prepara- 
lives  to  ruinous  Judgments. 

Yea,  d'Jiingu'ijlnng  Appearances  of  God  to  fave  and  profpcr 
U'-',  are  dijilnguijlnng  Obligations^  not  only  to  dijlinginjhing  De- 
grees of  Joy  and  Fraijc^  but  alfo  to  dijiinguijhing  Degrees  of 
Ficty.  i.e.  of  adlive  Gratitude  and  Love  to  God,  of  per- 
petual Contrivances  and  Labours  to  promote  his  Glory  and 
holy  Kingdom  in  Ourfelves  and  Others,  and  to  a  conflant 
Life  of  Service  to  His  Caufc  and  People.  And  as  the  Failure 
of  this,  will  not  be  a  rcnilering  to  Him  according  to  his  fignal 
Benefits,  but  a  moft  nrigratcful  Treatment  of  Him  ;  his  Eyes 
are  always  on  us,  to  obfcrve  us  noiv^  and  to  judge  and  Re- 
compence  us  Here  or  Hereafter. 

But  let  us  rejoice, not  only  in  our  ozvnSalvation,\\-\Q^2\\'a\\on 
of  all  our  Colonies^  and  fomc  of  the  moft  important  Branches 
of  the  Britijh  Trade  j—But  let  our  Joy  rife  higher,  that 
hereby  a  great  Support  of  Antichrifian  Power  is  taken  away, 
and  the  vi/ible  Kingdom  of  Christ  enlarged.  Methinks, 
when  the  fouthern  Gates  of  Louijlourg  were  opened,  and  our 
Army  with  tlicir  Banners  were  marching  in  ;  the  Gates  were 
lifted  lip— -the  Gates  tvere  lifted  up— -and  the  King  of  Glory 
went  in  with  them.  Even  the  Son  of  God,  the  Lord  of 
Hofts,  the  Lord  ftrong  and  mighty  in  Battle-— having  gain'd 
the  Conqucib,  he  rode  in  in  Triumph  and  took  Pofllflion. 
He  fct  up  his  Standard,  p'oclaim'd  his  Gofpel  of  Peace,  the 
Glad  Tydings  of  Salvation,  nppn'd  the  Prifons,  redeem'd  his 
Captives,  and  began  to  receive  his  grateful  Incenfe  of  pure 
Adorations.  O  that  There,  in  Purity  of  Worfhip,  Dcftrine 
and  Converfation,  in  the  Power  of  his  (yraceand  in  the  Cjlory 
of  his  Holinefs,  He  may  reign  and  fliinc  to  all  the  Iflands 
round  about,  as  long  as  the  Sun  and  Moon  endure. 

And  as  'twas  one  of  the  chief  ])ifgraces  of  (^lecn  Annf.'s 
Reign,  to  refign  this  Ifaudio  the  French;  it  is  happily  one  of 
the  Glories  of  KingGiioiiGK  the  Secovd^s^  to  recover  it  to  the 
BritiJhKmpWc.  O  that  it  may  remain  united  thereto  for  ever, 
and  To  perpetuate  the  Glory.  O  that  under  the  Influence  of" 
Britlfl)  Liberties^  in  a  happy  Cofijiitution  of  Civil  GcvcrnmeJif^ 
and  the  divink  Care  ^  Bleffaig,  even  Lcuijbourg  itfclf,  with 
Cipe-Brctcny   and   all  Niva   Si.itici^  may  revive  and  flourifh. 

iVlav 


for  the  taking         ape-Breton, 


May  they  have  rcli2;ious,  wife    nd  7  ncroii     Ctvcrn^tin,  that 
may  be  as  yiurf^ng  Fathers  to  th^  .11  ;  cnco     ui^e  th'  ni  in  Piety, 


Virtue  and  good  Order,    pron     r'  tlicir 
ihem  in  their  Properties  and  Liberties. 


;udc,  a')'l    protect 


Laftly,may  this  liappyConqueft  he  the  dawuhig  t  nefl  of ouir 
DIVINE  Redeemer's  carrjinp;  onhisTriumpi  thro'  tl 
NorthernRegiom  ;  'till  He  extends  his  P^mpire  from  the  £r7/?,  -  •. 
to  the  IVeJiern  ^ca^  and  from  the  River  of  Canada  to  the  Ends 
of  America.— T\\Y.'^  from  the  uttermoft  Parts  of  the  Earth 
(hall  be  heard  ^ongs^  even  Glory  to  the  righteous  God  : 
They  fhall  lift  up  their  Voice,  they  fhall  fing  for  the  Majefty 
of  the  Lord,  they  fhall  cry  aloud  from  the  Sea;  they  fhall 
glorify  the  Lord  in  the  Woods  and  Valleys,  on  the  Lakes 
and  Rivers,  in  the  Mountains,  in  the  Iflands :  And  the  Hea- 
vens and  the  Earth  fliall  be  filled  with  his  Glory,  and  eccho 
with  his  Praifc. 

yl    M    E     N. 

NOTANDA. 


P  Age  23.  Line    18.  Read Tzvcrify-fve    SbiUings,    New 

*     Tenor,  ^  Motith, 

Page  24.  fvinc  22.  Read— about  the  20th  of  March^ 

Page  28.  Line  8.  read---Thro'  a  thickcty,  rocky,  hilly  and 
boga;y  Country, 

Page  29.  Line  25.  Read— Soon  made  her  Strike  :  tho'  af- 
ter near  Two  Hours  clofe  Engagement ;  wherein  'twas 
wonderful,  Ihe  loft  above  30  Men,  and  ihcy  but  5. 

Page  30.  at  the  Period  of  the  Paragraph  ending  with  the 
Word"[deftroy'dJ--add-— And  that  the  City  fhould  Sur- 
render when  there  was  a  great  Body  of  French  and  7/;- 
dlans  got  on  ihe  f/Iami,  and  within  a  J!)ay''s  March,  to 
moleft  us. 

Page  30.  Line  2.-,  2^.  Read-— We  fliou'd  not  have  above 
Twenty  ^la'in  at  our  Batteries,  and  not  abo\c  a  Hundred 
in  all  ; 


